This analyzer is the official successor to the "SQL Script" extension. If you have previously used "SQL Script" extension, see the special note.

Summary: This document provides basic information about the extension that provides source code analysis support for SQL files.

Description

The new SQL Analyzer (successor to the "SQL Script" extension) provides support for database technologies using ANSI SQL-92 language. This extension uses the Universal Analyzer framework and is intended to analyse DDL, DML and SQL exports for a large variety of SQL variants:

This extension provides source code analysis support for DDL and DML *.sql files using an over language of the various sql variants.
This extension also accepts src and uaxDirectory files. Check here for more details about sqltablesize files.

In what situation should you install this extension?

If you need to analyze PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and SQLite
If your application contains schemas from database vendors not supported "out of the box" by CAST AIP (see http://doc.castsoftware.com, Supported Technologies for more information) but, which are compliant with ANSI SQL-92
When you do not have access to the online dabatase to perform an extraction for use with CAST AIP and have instead been provided with DDL scripts

Vendor compatibility matrix

RDBMS Vendor	Official Support	Compatible	Notes




			CAST AIP provides "out of the box" analyzers for all these vendors.

Function Point, Quality and Sizing support

This extension provides the following support:

Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist

Function Points (transactions)	Quality and Sizing

CAST AIP compatibility

This extension is compatible with:

CAST AIP release	Supported
8.2.x
8.1.x
8.0.x
7.3.x

Supported DBMS servers used for CAST AIP schemas

This extension is compatible with the following DBMS servers used to host CAST AIP schemas

CAST AIP release	CSS2	Oracle	Microsoft
All supported releases

Prerequisites

An installation of any compatible release of CAST AIP (see table above)

Download and installation instructions

Please see:

The latest release status of this extension can be seen when downloading it from the CAST Extend server.

Upgrade from the SQL Script extension

If you have previously used the "SQL Script" extension (com.castsoftware.sqlscript) on existing schemas, you should proceed as following :

In CAST Server Manager use the Manage Extensions option on the CAST AIP schemas in which the "SQL Script" extension is installed
- Select Analyzer for SQL files and choose deactivate to remove the existing extension. No further actions are required.

Packaging, delivering and analyzing your source code

DDL extraction

Before you can use the extension, you may need to use a third-party DDL extractor for your RDBMS and generate one or several *.sql files containing the required DDL. In other words, you need to "export" the database schema with a tool that generates DDL from the database or at least have DDL scripts that can be used to re-build the database. This export should contain exclusively *.sql files which can then be delivered via the CAST Delivery Manager Tool.

Please note that the analyzer is not able to follow the chronology of the DDL script. In other words, we do not guarantee that files will be analyzed in the same order as the creation, modification date or versioning.

What about superfluous clauses exported in your SQL files?

When performing the DDL extraction, CAST recommends that you DO NOT export storage definitions or any other superfluous clauses in your SQL files. All minor changes in the exported SQL files (e.g.: Engine for MariaDB or even the collation) will have an impact on the analysis results: i.e. objects will be marked as updated between successive analyses.

Therefore CAST's recommendation is to extract the SQL in the same manner, with the same tool, and using the same options that will extract unchanged objects.

How to extract DDL and DLM files using third-party tools

This is a non-exhaustive list. For general extraction you can also consider http://www.sql-workbench.net/dev-download.html.

RDMS	Sources
	CAST documentation: SQL Analyzer - postgreSQL schema export or extraction as operator See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1884758/generate-ddl-programmatically-on-postgresql
	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6597890/how-to-generate-ddl-for-all-tables-in-a-database-in-mysql
	CAST documentation: SQL Analyzer - MariaDB and MySQL DDL example export or extraction See also https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mysqldump
	http://sqlitebrowser.org/ (export database function)

src and uaxDirectory files

Alongside .SQL files, the extension will also accept also src and uaxDirectory files for analysis.

Packaging and delivery

Using the CAST Delivery Manager Tool:

create a new Version
create a new Package for your SQL Script (*.sql) files using the Files on your file system option:

Enter a name for the Package and then define the root folder in which your .sql files are stored:

Run the Package action: the CAST Delivery Manager Tool will not find any "projects" related to the .sql files - this is the expected behaviour. However, if your SQL script related source code is part of a larger application (for example a JEE application), then other projects may be found during the package action. The CAST Delivery Manager Tool, should, however, identify the .sql files:

Deliver the Version

Analyzing

Using the CAST Management Studio:

Accept and deploy the Version in the CAST Management Studio. No Analysis Units will be created automatically relating to the SQL Script files - this is the expected behaviour. However, if your SQL Script files are part of a larger application (for example a JEE project), then other Analysis Units may be created automatically:

In the Current Version tab, add a new Analysis Unit specifically for your SQL Script files, selecting the Add new Universal Analysis Unit option:

Edit the new Analysis Unit and configure in the Source Settings tab:
- a name for the Analysis Unit
- ensure you tick the SQL Analyzer option
- define the location of the deployed SQL script files (the CAST Management Studio will locate this automatically in the Deployment folder):

Run a test analysis on the Analysis Unit before you generate a new snapshot.
Add dependencies between client technologies (Java, C#, Mainframe etc...) to that Analysis Unit in order to get client to server links.

What results can you expect?

Once the analysis/snapshot generation has completed, you can view the results in the normal manner (for example via CAST Enlighten):

You can also use the CAST Management Studio option View Analysis Unit Content to see the objects that have been created following the analysis:

Objects

The following objects are displayed in CAST Enlighten:

Icon	Description
	Schema
	Table
	View
	Table Column
	Index
	Foreign Key
	Unique Constraint
	Procedure
	Function
	Trigger
	Package
	Event
	SQL Script
	DLM Script

Note that:

Object identity is independent from the *.sql file the object comes from.
Object identity depends on the Analysis Unit's identity. Therefore, using a new Analysis Unit or deleting and then recreating an Analysis Unit will change the object's identity and will result in added/removed objects in the subsequent analysis results.
Typically a table will be identified by the Analysis Unit name, schema name and table name.
When no schema can be determined, the analyzer considers that a schema named "DEFAULT" is used. But generally, identifiers are qualified in CREATE TABLE statements.

Links

Links are created for transaction and function point needs.

DDL

You can expect the following links on the DDL side within the same sql file:

useSelect, useInsert, useUpdate, useDelete Links from Procedure / Function / Event to Table / View
callLink from Procedure / Function / Event to Procedure / Function
useSelect from View to Table / View used in the query of the view
callLink from View to Function
relyonLink from Index to the Table
relyonLink from Index to the Column implied in the index
referLink from Table / Table Column to a Table / Table Column referenced in a Foreign Key
callLink to the correct Trigger where the tables is accessed in insert/update/delete
- example a Trigger declared as BEFORE INSERT on a table, any insert to that table will call the trigger...

DML

You can expect the following links on the DML side :

Links from SQL Script to Table provided as dependencies
Links from client code to Table provided as dependencies

Quality Rules

	ID	Name
1	1634	Avoid unreferenced Tables
2	7130	Avoid Artifacts with High Depth of Nested Subqueries
3	7344	Avoid "SELECT *" queries
4	7346	Avoid redundant indexes
5	7348	Avoid too many Indexes on one Table
6	7388	Avoid artifacts having recursive calls
7	7390	Avoid having multiple Artifacts inserting data on the same SQL Table
8	7394	Avoid having multiple Artifacts updating data on the same SQL Table
9	7392	Avoid having multiple artifacts deleting data on the same SQL table
10	7404	Avoid unreferenced views
11	7424	Avoid using SQL queries inside a loop
12	7436	Prefer UNION ALL to UNION
13	7762	Avoid undocumented triggers, functions and procedures
14	7776	Avoid Artifacts with High Fan-In
15	7778	Avoid Artifacts with High Fan-Out
16	7808	Avoid Artifacts with SQL statement including subqueries
17	7814	Avoid Tables not using referential integrity
18	7860	Avoid unreferenced Functions
19	1101000	Never use SQL queries with a cartesian product
20	1101002	Never use SQL queries with a cartesian product on XXL Tables
21	1101004	1101004 - Avoid SQL queries that no index can support
22	1101006	Avoid SQL queries on XXL tables that no index can support
23	1101008	Avoid non-SARGable queries
24	1101010	Avoid NATURAL JOIN queries
25	1101012	Specify column names instead of column numbers in ORDER BY clauses
26	1101014	Avoid queries using old style join convention instead of ANSI-Standard joins
27	1101016	Avoid Artifacts with too many parameters
28	1101018	Avoid using the GROUP BY clause
29	1101020	Avoid using quoted identifiers
30	1101022	Avoid Tables without Primary Key
31	1101024	Avoid using dynamic SQL in SQL Artifacts
32	1101026	Always define column names when inserting values
33	1101028	Use MINUS or EXCEPT operator instead of NOT EXISTS and NOT IN subqueries

Special Note about XXL/XXS support

See SQL Analyzer - working with XXL or XXS tables for more information.

Limitations

General :
- all name resolving is considered as case insensitive :
  - may produce wrong links on case insensitive platform 'playing with case' :
    - 2 different tables with the same case insensitive name will be both called
- procedure resolution does not handle overriding :
  - when calling an overridden procedure, all overrides will be called
- Synonyms / Aliases are not supported
- Note that Sequences are not taken in account and that is not a limitation but a choice because they have no effect on transactions nor quality rules
- Only ALTER TABLE ... ADD ... syntax is supported; all other syntax, like ALTER TABLE ... DELETE .. or ALTER TABLE ... DROP ... or ALTER TABLE ... MODIFY ... or ALTER TABLE .. RENAME ... etc ... are not supported.
- DROP syntax is not supported, which means if you have CREATE ... followed by DROP ... only the CREATE will be considered.
- For the QR 7156 Avoid Too Many Copy Pasted Artifacts, total values are displayed but no detail values.
- For the QR 1101012 Specify column names instead of column numbers in ORDER BY clauses, the case when a function that returns a number or a numeric variable is used in order by is not reported to violate the rule.
Specific to Microsoft and Sybase
- when the body of a stored procedure/function is not defined in a begin ... end block, the analysis result is not guaranteed, e.g. :

OK - With a BEGIN .. END block

CREATE PROCEDURE ....
BEGIN
  // violates the cartesian product rule, but not the XXL cartesian product rule because tables are below threshold
  SELECT * FROM SMALL_TABLE1, SMALL_TABLE2;

  ...

  // violates both XXL and non XXL avoid cartesian product rules
  SELECT * FROM HUGE_TABLE1, HUGE_TABLE2;

END
go

NOK - Without BEGIN ... END block

CREATE PROCEDURE ....

  // violates the cartesian product rule, but not the XXL cartesian product rule because tables are below threshold
  SELECT * FROM SMALL_TABLE1, SMALL_TABLE2;

  ...

  // violates both XXL and non XXL avoid cartesian product rules
  SELECT * FROM HUGE_TABLE1, HUGE_TABLE2;

go

SQL Analyzer - 1.0